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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl Jung write towards the end of his life that Cantu cites on page 163?
(a) It is always useful to have someone on a lower run that oneself.
(b) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one less traveled by.
(c) Man has always had the capacity for war.
(d) We are again living in an age filled with apocalyptic images of universal destruction.

2. How long does Cantu spend in training in his Border Patrol unit on page 35?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 months.

3. What does Cantu want to tell Adam on the phone but holds himself back from suggesting?
(a) He should install new locks and deadbolts on all his doors.
(b) He should make sure he always carries a gun.
(c) He should take his family and move somewhere else, far from the border.
(d) He should leave the church he has been a member of his entire life.

4. What does Cantu do for Beto when Beto goes away for several days on page 148?
(a) Take care of Beto's dog.
(b) Do Beto's paperwork.
(c) Water Beto's plants.
(d) Look after Beto's elderly mother.

5. Which classmate of Cantu's did he most want to see graduate from Border Patrol training with him?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Morales.
(c) Hart.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantu learn decapitation can be a symbol for?

2. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?

3. Where are migrants who survive the crossing of the desert often shepherded by smugglers inside the U.S.?

4. What tradition do Cantu and his mother perform every Christmas Eve?

5. Who does Cantu stay behind in New Mexico to visit on page 125?

(see the answer key)

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